Locator: 49811B.
Seasonal flu: apparently nationwide, seasonal flu has reached levels never seen before in the US; HHS, RFK, Jr., is anti-vaccine; and, so it goes.
I have no dog in that fight; I've got my annual Covid and annual flu vaccine. And, yes, I know, the vaccine doesn't work.
Dallas: in an side-bar discussion with a reader a few weeks ago, I suggested that the homeless problem (illegal squatting) in downtown will herald the "end" of downtown Dallas as know it.
The thesis: Portland and San Francisco are the poster children for illegal squatting in downtown city centers. Portland and San Francisco may not be unique with regard to that problem, but they are two peas in a pod when it comes to "acceptance." The general public in both cities accept and encourage such behavior. Period. Dot.
So, there is a status quo / an equilibrium of illegal squatting and what the public will accept in Portlandia and San Francisco.
My thesis: that won't happen in Texas. Texans don't / won't put up that behavior. They will simply walk away.
Today, exhibit A: ATT has announced they are moving 6,000 employees from downtown Dallas to a suburb north of Dallas: Plano. ATT may not be the first, but it is the biggest, and it won't be the last. There will always be a "downtown" Dallas but by by 2030, if the homeless problem is not resolved, "downtown" Dallas will be empty. As if a neutron bomb was detonated in downtown Dallas. But 6,000 ATT employees being re-located to a suburb north of Dallas, to be nearer the Dallas Cowboys, speaks volumes.
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Back to the Bakken
WTI: $58.14.
Active rigs: 26 -- record recent low.
Three new permits, #42609 - #42611, inclusive:
- Operator: Formentera Operations
- Field: Baukal Noonan (Divide County)
- Comments:
- Formetera has permits for three Brady wells, NWNE 22-162-95, to be sited 331 FNL and 2245 / 2350 FEL.
Six producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:
- 37665, 3,834, BR, Kellogg Ranch 1A TFH, McKenzie County;
- 40719, 672, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-5A-31-3H, McKenzie County;
- 40721, 1,120, Petro-Hunt, USA 153-95-5D-31-5H, Mckenzie County;
- 41794, 1,033, CLR, Star Federal 6-14H, Williams County;
- 41795, 1,078, CLR, Wallace 6-1H, Williams County;
- 41796, 1,3555, CLR, Star Federal 7-14H, Williams County;
